Xiaomi continues to sell more than Apple in China, Samsung and Lenovo still at the helm

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08 May 2014, 07:48posted on

According to data by Counterpoint Technology Market Research, published by the Korea Herald, Chinese Xiaomi has caught up with Apple and even surpassed the Cupertino-based giant in terms of market share in the Middle Kingdom...

yes.....competition does lead to reduced whole phone innovation as innovation is not linear (can not be willed along a rationale course) and hence more manufacturers does enhance the probability of new concepts being implemented. On the other hand, fewer manufactures does not necessarily mean phone technology development does not grow; phones are reliant on component level innovation and that will continue and hence phone functionality will continue to improve at or near the current level even with fewer phone (not component) manufacturers.

As I have repreatedly stated on this website, phones, as we know them, will no longer exist as soon as technology develops that elminates the need for physical touch and for physical displays that are hand held. Retina or eyeglass displays and sensors that detect body movement from large to small finger level tremors will result in ultra small general purpose computers displacing phones. Aesthetics, as a market driver, will give way to functionality as a market driver.

Apple's market hold is due partly to aesthetics and partly to simplicity (by removing choice which reduces the complexity associated with learning and decision making). I contend that the aesthetic component will end (although remenants might remain if eyeglass displays win the visual component race) and hence Apple's dominance due to this factor will cease to exist.. Apple will also cease to maintain market share due to simplicity as soon as O/S manufactures make it easier to dial in the degree of control one wishes to face in operating their device at any given moment. That moment will exist and soon as O/S manufactures realize they are in the battle for their lives at this very moment. Rather than create hierarchical methods of hiding control, I suggest the current trend of "styles" (each offers increasing access to control with associated complexity), where styles are changed at whim will end up displacing Apple

please get your facts straight phonearena or the source this article was obtained... china telecom has been selling iphones for the past 3, 4 years and it's the smallest of the 3 major carriers in China... The largest carrier in China is China Mobile and that's the one that recently started selling iphones...

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